And all of a sudden the virus grew and grabbed a cow for the next mutation – and then this mutation stood on the pasture in the outermost Münsterland, a CoronaCow and it seemed she really looked dumbfounded.

Most of us do fear Corona, meanwhile we know the virus of the influenza, we do not really fear him any more, another virus, the aids virus we did fear rightly for a long time, but now he belongs to our all day life, we can work on it on a medical level quite good.

Because of this fear, we sometimes forget, how beautiful nature is, also this corona virus, like the planets of the universe and the most beautiful flowers. Also the corona virus has something aesthetical or magical.

THE CORONA SERIES

A first digital series dedicated to a special time.

We have weird days. The academies are closed, lectureships are cancelled, no flow of money any more, a disaster for every freelancer. But artists were often in the situation to improvise, to react and to reinvent themselves again and again.

Out of this reason my first digital Corona-Artpiece appears, the Corona Hero. This piece is the start of a whole series that will be complemented one another every day during the whole phase of the Corona Panic.

Thereby I start my first artistic series, that will be realized only on the iPad with the program procreate, the first coherent and interrelated digital art project, that hopefully brings me through these trappy economic times.

And who knows, perhaps I do find a visual or emotional alexipharmic while painting and sketching and perhaps the Corona Hero is the first step! – Who knows?

Every artwork that get realized in this period is available in the size 30×40 cm in a limited edition of three pieces on Hahnemühle paper or just one print on wood refined with epoxy resin in the same size

1995 I did my diploma at the FH Münster in Illustration by Professor Rolf Escher. This was a challenging time. I decided to make a project, that was called “Ananas & Co” (“pineapple & co”). I wanted to create 12 motives, that should deal with the more than classical theme of still-life, but of course in a diverse way, and I wanted to add recipes, so I wanted to work also with text.

The first phase was to sketch and sketch and sketch, then I copied parts, put them together in a new way a new format. The funny thing is, this was a time when I had no computer but could work with a copier. My god, this was really a different time. We did not have the possibilities of today, but the decision we made, were clear. It is just 24 years later and the whole world did change. How will we live in further 24 years?

So after coming to my drafts, I finalized them in detail and then I started the main manual process. I wanted to make lithographies of them, choosing a slightly different technique, that was called alugraphy. So I did not work on stone as it was done in the days, but I. worked on specially prepared aluminium plates.

So now I had to bring my sketchings onto these plates by special ink and chalk, and for every single color I had to prepare a different plate. So in the case of the pineapple one for the main sketching, one for the yellow, one for the green, one for the brown, one for the white and one for the text.

So after the plates were prepared I could print them at an etching press. I wanted to print per motive 20 pieces, but this was just not possible in the time I had. At the weekend I prepared the plates and during the day I was able to print 2 plates, but for all motives I had around 50 plates. So I worked hard around 3 month just to realize my ideas.

This one, the pineapple, the pineapple toast, is not so special from the composition, but I wanted to show the part of the pineapple I love most, the border between the fruit and the leaves. And I wanted to show the pineapple in an impressive way. I just love this work and all the memories it has for me.

The motive itself has the size of 50x35cm and the paper is 65×50 cm, it is from 1995 and the best is it is the no. 1 of theoretical 20, I printed maximum 10 per motive. And you can call it your own for 240 €.

After the first spontaneous foto shoot, thank god, I could finish one painting of Marius in my last long painting period. Marius sits in front of the piece taking the same pose. Now it is your turn to find out the differences between the original and the painting in case there are any!

]]>https://stephangeisler.com/2018/09/18/winke-winke-winke-beck-beck-beck/feed/01501Attila knickst geilhttps://stephangeisler.com/2018/09/13/attila-knickst-geil/
https://stephangeisler.com/2018/09/13/attila-knickst-geil/#respondThu, 13 Sep 2018 07:14:44 +0000http://stephangeisler.com/?p=1495A very early work – 2007 – when I used to work on different materials. I still love it and I just found it in my storage. A translation of the title would be something like “Attila curtsies really phat.”

“Ein Stück Schwarzwälder, bitte!” – A classical order in an old German cafe! It is a wonderful torte, with cherries, cream and “cherry water”. Aaaah I love it!

If it comes to food, it is so amazing to arrange it, work with light and background colors, create a special and specific atmosphere and take fotos! Perfect!

But to paint food is so extremely difficult, because mostly you just have no form. Think of a Risotto, Spaghetti Bolognese, a Tiramisu or a pumpkin soup. If you are extremely exact and realistic in your style, then it works very well, though it is still a challenge. But then you are also very close to a foto.

So the other way would be to find food, that has a form, like a burger, whole pieces of meat, bread or cakes. So in this piece I decided to paint a piece of Schwarzwälder Torte.

I had a form but I could also play around in a more experimental way. And then it is 200×150 cm, a huge not eatable piece. I am wondering how you feel sitting close to it, if you really see what it is, or you you look at it sitting a bit more far away! What do you think.

By the way if this piece is too big, it is also available as a print on vat paper, signed and limited on 12 pieces in 2 sizes.

30×40 cm (+ 1 cm white edge around) – 90 €

60×81 cm (+ 1 cm white edge around) – 240 €

And here are the other ones of this series. Enjoy and have a happy day!

You can’t do always and only the big sizes, the huge paintings, the overwhelming enormous stuff, sometimes you need the silent little moments, just with a pen and a small piece of paper, the pure moments, when you just are who you are and just do what you do.

Two versions of one theme – sometimes you are inspired by a theme or a figure in such a great und intense way, that you can not stop to try different versions. Often I feel so extremely old-fashioned that the old old muse is my main search to paint, but … it is.

Both pieces are 70×70 cm – acrylic and mixed media on canvas – the price of one is 1.300 €

I painted people, people who sing, people who live in every moment of their singing their emotions in such a pure and honest way. And I painted free or … freedom, paintings without motives, just painted the own feelings. And I painted a mixture of both.

By the way after the exhibition I send via mail a catalogue of the exhibition, a portfolio with all the paintings, to everybody, who could not find time to come or who wants to a have a closer view onto the paintings.

Austin Brown – 170×220 cm – Acrylic on Canvas

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https://stephangeisler.com/2018/07/19/new-works-2/#respondThu, 19 Jul 2018 12:00:27 +0000http://stephangeisler.com/?p=1399Again I am in a wonderful work flow. I wake up around five in the morning, take 5 steps down to my studio, activate my coffee-machine to drink my first coffee, switch the light on, have a look at all my works in process and nip my first coffee ……. aaaaaaah

“view from above” – 70c70 cm – acrylic and chalk on canvas 1.200 €

Then I start to paint. My little dogs, the Italian greyhounds Lupo and Cooper wake up around half past six, they jump out of the bed, come to me to join me and to get their first cuddle session of the day. Then we have our first looooong walk of the day in the Westpark. When we are back they get their food and I continue painting.

Usually I love huge paintings. These are more or less the first small paintings of men. Let me know what do you think! Do you enjoy them or are you more into the other sizes?

stephangeisler@gmx.com

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https://stephangeisler.com/2016/01/31/new-works/#respondSun, 31 Jan 2016 19:32:07 +0000http://stephangeisler.com/?p=896Again I am in a wonderful work flow. I wake up around five in the morning, take 5 steps down to my studio, activate my coffee-machine to drink my first coffee, switch the light on, have a look at all my works in process and nip my first coffee ……. aaaaaaah

“view from above” – 70c70 cm – acrylic and chalk on canvas 1.200 €

Then I start to paint. My little dogs, the Italian greyhounds Lupo and Cooper wake up around half past six, they jump out of the bed, come to me to join me and to get their first cuddle session of the day. Then we have our first looooong walk of the day in the Westpark. When we are back they get their food and I continue painting.